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CASH CARRIER.

No. 351,506. Patented Oct. Z6, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE. L

JOSEPH WALTER ELACC AND CHARLES R. lR. CLAELIN, JR., OE WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, SAID CLAELIN ASSIGNOR TO SAID ELACG.

'CASH-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of ,Letters Patent No. 351,506, dated October 26,1886.

Application filed May 27, 1886.

' FLAGS and CHARLES B. B. GLAELIN,Jr., citiconcentrically in the carrier.

yzens of the United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State .of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cash-Oarriers,of which the following is a speciflcatiomreference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which--I Figure 1 represents Yacash-carrier embodying'our invention, shown in sectional view on lines S T, Figs. 4 and 5, and with a body held Figs. 2 and 3 show the two halves of the cash-carrier slightly separated and in sectional view on lines xy, Figs. 4 and 5. Figs. 4 and 5 represent plan views of two halves of the carrier, with Fig. 5 partly'in' section, and Fig. 6 is' a detached view of one'of the helical springs.

'Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several views. 'I

Our invention relates to the rolling cash! carriers adapted to be used in those cash-carrying syste-ms employing inclined ways or tracks.

The carrier, which is Aillustrated in the accompanying drawings as embodying our invention, consists of a ball composed of two hemispheres, which may be made of wood,

paper, pulp, leather, or similar material; and our present invention consists in providing improved means for attaching the hemispheres ogther and for centering7 the cash in the a 'The hemispheres A and B are recessed Yat A and B to form cavities to receive the cash.

In. the recess A we place the tube C, projecting beyond the plane surface ofthe hemisphere, to which it is attached by means of the flange a. In the recess B., which is large enough to receive the projecting tube C, we place the tube D,attachedat the bottom of the recess by the fiange b. The outer diameter of vthe tube D is less than the inner diameter of .the tube C, and enters the tube -C when the two hemi- -spheres are placed together.

' Within each of the tubes C aud D we place helical springs E and F, preferably made of iiat steel wire, attached by their outer coils to the tubes and lying just below the plane surfaces of the hemispheres. Between the springsv and tubes we fasten the edges of rdisks G and seria-1N@ 203,398. (N10 model.)

H, made of wash-leather, silk, or some iiexible material,with the circular disk resting on the springs o'f greater diameter than the internal diameter of the tubes, ,causing the flexible disks to assume the baggy form shown in section in Fig. 2. When the hemispheres are brought together, the springs E and F approach within a short distance of each other, leaving room for the surplus material in the .disks G and H.

When cash or the article to be transmitted is placed in the projecting tubeC and the two hemispheres brought together, the springs E andF are depressed into recesses A and B, and the disks G and H expanded, as shown in Fig. 1,'where a ball, M, is represented as being held between the two hemispheres and maintained concentrically with the cash-carrier by the tension of the springs E and F, the disks or bags G and H covering the spaces between the several coils of the springs, and in case loose change is placed in the ball preventing it from working through the springs into the recesses Af and B.

It will readily be seen that the form of springs shown might be employed to advantage without the bags G and H were the interposed body enveloped in a wrapper or of such form as would be supported by the coils of the springs E and F, and the disks or bags G and H may be used with other terms of sup portingsprings-as, for instance, ametallic disk, lying in the plane formed by the opposing surfaces of the springs E and F-ahd a spiral spring employed, resting on `and attached to `the bottom of the recess, and having its free end attached to the metal disk. The iieXible disks or lbags G and H would then serve to keep the sion by the interposed body with an elastic body whose tension Supports the interposed body concentrically in the ball, would obvi ously come within the scope of our present invension so far as it relates to the employment of the flexible disks G and H, for the purposesl described.

Upon opposite sides of the recess B in the hemisphere B we insert metallic pockets I, whose outer sides, I', form an oblique angle with the concentric recess B. The upper side, J, of the pocket is fiangcd, as shown at J', Fig. l, and placed iiush with the plane surface of the hemisphere B. To the upper side, J, of the pocket we attach the two ends of a U-shaped wire,f, by means of the screw c and nut d. The U-shaped wire is coiled at e e, forming two spiral springs, and the U-shaped end f forms a support for the metal ball K, which is held against the upper side, J, of the pocket by the tension of the coiled springs e e, and also forced in the direction of the arrow l to the end ofthe U-shaped wire f, being at the same time carried inward by the inclination ofthe outer side, I', of the pocket, causing the side of the hall to project. as at K', intothe annular space K2, into which the projecting end of the tube C enters. The beveled edge it ofthe tube G forces the ball K back along the U- shaped wire f and outward, permitting the tube C to enter the annular space K2. Ve form a curved groove, g, around the projecting end of the tube C, which is brought into the saine plane as the ball K when the plane surfaces of the heinispheres are brought into contact, allowing the tension of the springs e e to again force the ball K forward along the inclined side I', by which it is carried inward into the curved groove g, thus securely locking the two hemispheres together.

In order to separate the hemispheres, they are turned in opposite directions, the hemi sphere A in the direction of the arrow 3 and the hemisphere B in the direction of the arrow 4, the friction ofthe ball K upon the tube C serving to roll the ball back along the U- shaped wire f, the two hemispheres being at the saine time drawn apart. The outward motion of the ball K will release the tube C and allow the hemispheres to be separated.

By using a Ushaped wire, f, we form a trough for the ball K; but a blade-spring might be used instead, with a slit in the center or with upturned edges.

XVe do not confine ourselves to the particular form or angle of the outer or inclined side, I. Any form which serves to press the ball K inward as it is forced along by the tension of an impelling-spring will substantially embody the essential features of this portion of ourinvention.

In order to hold the ball down against the side of the groove g nearest the end of the tube,

we place a plate, t', across the upper and rear corner of the pocket at an angle of forty-five degrees to the plane surface of the hemisphere, thereby taking up any lost mot-ion arising from wear or other causes.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a cash-carrier, the combination, with the two hemispheres having recesses in each to receive the cash and springs placed in cach recess to center the cash in the carrier, of a fiexible expansible diaphragm attached at its edge to the hernisphereanfl resting on the cashsnpporting spring, substantially as described.

2. Ina cash-carrier, the combination, with the hemispheres having recesses therein to receive the cash, of helical springs attached by their outer coils to the hemispheres,said springs extending across the cash -holding recesses with their inner ends free, substantially as dcscribed. l

3. In a cash-carrier, the combination, with the heinispheres having cash-holding recesses, of helical springs attached by their outer coils to the hemispheres and extending across the cash-holding recesses, and flexible expansible diaphragms attached at their edges to the hemispheres and resting on said helical springs.

4. In a cash-carrier, the combination, with the two hemispheres, one of said hcmispheres having a tube grooved on its outer surface, of a ball sliding in ways placed obliquely to said grooved tube, and an impelling-spring by which said ball is forced into said groove, as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a cash-carrier, the combination, with the two hemispheres, one of said hemispheres having a tube grooved on its outer surface attached to the plane surface of the hemisphere and the opposite hemisphere having a recess to receive said grooved tube, of a ball adapted to engage the groove in said tube, a spring acting on said ball to force it forward, and an inclined surface along which said ball is moved by the spring and by which it is carried toward the grooved tube, as and for the purpose set forth.

6. In a cash-carrier, the combination, with the two hernispheres having recesses to receive the cash, of the tube C, ball K, springs e c, and inclined surface I', as described.

JOSEPH VALTER FLAGG. C. It. B. CLAFLIN, J R. lVitnesses:

H. M. FowLER, BUFUs B. FowLEn.

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